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Extraordinary Ard Fheis: Afternoon session 1 (Free article)
1 February 2007
The afternoon session of the Extraordinary Ard Fheis opened with a long line of speakers queueing up to the side of the platform. The vast majority made a case for accepting the Árd Comhairle motion.
Victims' Report 'unacceptable' (Free article)
1 February 2007
Sinn Féin General Secretary Mitchel McLaughlin has described the report published by Bertha McDougall as "disappointing" and "unacceptable".
Extraordinary Ard Fheis: Afternoon session 2 (Free article)
1 February 2007
A long queue of delegates were still waiting to speak as Cllr Martin Kenny, Dáil candidate for Roscommon/South Leitrim reached the podium at 5 o'clock. Kenny outlined how up till two months ago he was entirely opposed to the proposition the Ard Fheis was debating. "However one of the things that struck me was unionism said when the IRA ceasefire…
Nuacht na nOibrithe BY STEPHANIE LORD (Free article)
1 February 2007
Dublin Port Workers to Strike, Fyffes contractor told to raise employee pay and overtime rates, Lecturers embark on sixth strike and Nurses to announce ballot result on Friday
Extraordinary Ard Fheis: Closing address (Free article)
1 February 2007
In his closing address Party President Gerry Adams said it had been one of the most important debates in the recent history of Ireland and of Irish republicanism and that the decision was truly historic.
International: NGO lists areas of conflict and suffering the media ignores (Free article)
1 February 2007
Last week An Phoblacht summarised some examples of under-reported humanitarian crises, which have been detailed by Médicins Sans Frontieres (Doctors without Borders), an NGO providing healthcare in conflict areas. This week we conclude MSF's list of top ten under-reported humanitarian stories of 2006.
A party the likes of which this country has never seen (Free article)
1 February 2007
It was another date with history as Sinn Féin delegates and visitors gathered in Ballsbridge last Sunday morning. Young and old, urban and rural, North and South, men and women poured into the RDS Industries Hall in their thousands. The predominant mood was one of confidence and unity. Many had attended one or other of the internal republican…
Basque prisoner on hunger strike (Free article)
1 February 2007
Spanish Special Criminal Court Audiencia Nacional has decided to keep Basque political prisoner Iñaki de Juana Chaos in prison despite doctors' warnings that, due to the state of his health, he could die any time. De Juana has spent nearly 90 days on hunger strike and his health has rapidly deteriorated in spite of the force feeding techniques…
Extraordinary Ard Fheis: Attendance by senior trade unionists 'siginificant' (Free article)
1 February 2007
Amongst those guests in attendance at Sunday's Extraordinary Ard Fheis were representatives of the trade union movement in Ireland. Seated amongst the delegates were SIPTU General President Jack O'Connor and its National Industrial Secretary responsible for Commercial Semi-States, Mick Halpenny. ATGWU Regional Secretary Mick O'Reilly and…
SIPTU marks centenary of Belfast strikes (Free article)
1 February 2007
A wreath laying ceremony organised by SIPTU took place on Tuesday 30 January at the grave of James Larkin in Glasnevin cemetery. It was the first in a series of events by the union to mark the centenary of the 1907 Belfast strikes, and the arrival of Larkin and mass trade unionism in Ireland.
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